Baby high chair



June 21, 1949. FELSHER 2,473,991

BABY HIGH CHAIR Filed July 21, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet l V M NTOR. I /3 BY fiezyamin l'elsfiezf June 21, 1949. B, FELSHER 2,473,991

BABY HIGH CHAIR Filed July 21, 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 21, 1949- B. FELSHER 2,473,991

BABY HIGH CHAIR Filed July 21} 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 21, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BABY HIGH CHAIR Benjamin Felsher, New York, N. Y.

Application July 21, 1945, Serial No. 606,432

12 Claims.

This invention relates to baby high chairs.

An object of this invention is to provide a high chair of the character described having an improved chair portion comprising a seat, a back hinged thereto, side arms hinged to the back, side walls hinged to the side arms and releasably engageable with the sides of the seat, said side Walls being swingable inwardly, the back being swingable down onto the seat, and the arms being swingable onto the plane of the back.

Another object of this invention is to provide a baby high chair comprising a stand or support, and a chair portion on said support, collapsible into compact form and which shall be easy to set up and collapse.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a baby high chair a tray which is adjustable forwardly to facilitate putting the baby into the chair or taking the baby out of the chair.

Yet a further object of this invention is to provide a strong, rugged and durable high chair of the character described, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, which may be compactly collapsed, and which shall be practical and eflicient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention.

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a high chair embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view showing the chair of Fig. 1 in collapsed position;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the seat portion of the high chair with the stand removed;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational View of a high chair embodying the invention and illustrating a modified construction;

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of the chair shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 7 is a front elevational view of the chair in collapsed condition;

Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of the chair shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a side elevational view of the extensible and adjustable tray;

Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken on line Ill-I8 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a side elevational view of a stand for a chair embodying the invention and illustrating a modified form of stand; and

Fig. 12 is a side elevational view of a collapsed high chair having a stand such as shown in Fig. 11.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, l0 designates a high chair embodying the invention comprising a chair portion II and a stand l2 therefor.

The chair portion II comprises a seat I3. Fixed to the rear of the seat are upstanding lugs I4. Pivoted to and between the lugs M, as on pivot pins I M, is a chair back I5. Pivoted to the sides of the chair back I5, as on pivots iii, are side arms I! which extend forwardly from the chair back. The pivots l6 are located at an intermediate portion of the chair back. The side arms I! are disposed at the outer sides of the chair back. Attached to the underside of each side arm I! is an elongated pivot pin I8, the ends of which project upwardly into the side arms. The pins I8 are parallel to side arms I! and disposed below the latter. Pivoted to the pins I8 are side walls l9. The lower ends of the' side walls l9 contact the side edges of seat I3. Pivotally attached to the side edges of the seat I3 are headed latches 2|, the heads of which may pass through slots 22 at the lower ends of the side walls l9. After the heads of latches 2| pass through the slots 22, they may be turned through an angle of to retain the side walls I9 in vertical condition to support the side arms in horizontal position.

The side walls [9, however, may be swung inwardly into a substantially common plane as shown by the dot-dash lines of Fig. 3, upon being released from the seat. The forward ends of side arms I! may be interconnected by a tray 23 projecting beyond the forward ends of said side arms. Attached to the underside of the tray 23 is a downwardly extending rod 24 adapted to contact the seat l3. Member 24 is centrally located so as to fit between the legs of the baby in the high chair.

It will now be understood that when the chair portion is collapsed, the side walls [9 are swung to substantially overlapping position as shown in Fig. 3. The back I5 may then be swung forwardly onto the seat I3 and the arms I! will then be in the plane of the back l5.

Means is provided to support the feet of a baby in the high chair. To this end, there is attached 3 to the underside of seat l3 adjacent its front end, a pair of spaced brackets 26. Pivoted to the lower ends of the brackets 26, as on pivot 21, is a foot rest 28. Pivoted to opposite sides of the foot rest, as on pivots 29, is a pair of similar brace members 30 for the purpose hereinafter appearing. Members 30 are formed at their underside with notches 30a.

The stand l2 may comprise a pair of similar parallel brackets 32;.each. fixed} to the underside of the seat t3; Each-bracket 32 has at its front end, a downwardly and rearwardly extending portion 34. Portions 34 terminate in aligned pivoted sleeves 35. At the rear end of each brackett32 is a downwardly and forwardly bent hook 37'.

The stand further comprises a pair of crossing leg members 38 and 39 pivoted. together, as on.

transverse pivot pin 40. Eachle'g member comprises a pair of parallel legs. The legs: of. leg member 39 may be interconnected by cross braces Mend 42. Withinsleevesjd is apivot. pin 44 to which the upper end of leg member 38:.'is,pivoted. At the upper-endotlegmember 39.-is a transverse pin.- 45 .whichzmay vdisemsageably engage inv hooks 3! of'brackets '32.

Interconnecting ;the legs-of. leg member 38-isa transverse. horizontalrrodfdfl adapted to be engaged within notches 30a of brace members 313;. ItwilLnow. be understoodthat the leg members 38,, 3'9 .may.b e collapsed intoa commonplane as shown, in Fig, 2, and. thatsthe; chair. portion M maybe collapsed likewise as shown in'Fig.,2,to form a compact. unit.

InFigs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and.8'thereis. showna chair, l .;na mbodying; the-,inyentionand illustratin a modified construction.

arms. 55. Pivoted torther undersideszof side arms 5.5, are sidewalls 56,.v Walls--56, areprovided with.

outwardly extending aligned pivot pins Hat their upper, ends engagingv aper-tured lugs-58. fixed to the. undersides. of; the side armsv and projecting: Each. side Wall 56- is;

downwardly therefrom; formed withaslotfifi at itswlowlerend. Fixedto.

the sideedgeso'fthe-seat: 50,, are apertured ears,

Bl adapted topassthrough saidslotsandlbe engaged by hooks-62 pivotally mounted, asnat-ts atthe outer sides ,otsaidside :walls.

'Pivoted to the sides of the. chair back 5.2'. on;.

pivot..pins.65. located above pivot pins15fi. is-apivoted tray. 66.; Tray fifipcomprisesapair-of arms; 6] curvedupwardly atitheir.rear ends-and engag ing the pivot.,plns '65. Fixedtosthe outer sideof. each, arm 61. isathorizontal channel 68. open atv itsiorwardend. .Each channelcomprises a. ver tical wallQEEland. inwardly extending horizontal wallslll... The edgesofwalls on channels-.lflzcontactarms 61 Eachchannel member 68. forms.. withitsarm. 6],. .a slot .Ll. Channel GB-is-formedi in its upper edge with a slot 'lzrfor the'purpose hereinafter appearing i. Eixedtmtheunder-side ofeach arm '61 isaplate2T?iormed-withathrough,- openingld. Slidably extending; through. each openingf'l l is a. vertical pinilfi formedat. its outer end withan outwardly] extending horizontal finger 16 engaged withinlslot l2. Atthe lower endof eachpinJE is,a,.head-:1=l.. .Interposed'between .each 'head Fl 1 and min 1% is a! coi1 compres- I The baby chair l ilacom.-- prises an. upper chair; portion, Ma. and- .a lowerstand portion 12a The chairiportionv Ila com Pivoted: tointermediategportions of the chair back 52,;ason pivots,5,4, are horizontal side- :1rear leg members are;interoonnected bylinksflfl connected by horizontal cross. braces 97.

sion spring 18. The springs 18 thus tend to pull the fingers 18 down into slots 12. Each arm 61 may be formed with a vertical groove or notch to receive a pin 15.

Slidably mounted within the slots H formed by channels 68 are rods 8|. Each rod 8| has an upwardly and rearwardly turned back portion 82 at its forward end. Fixed to portions 82 is a tray 83 adapted to rest on side arms 61. It will now be understood; that the'tray 813* may be; pulled forwardly'or rearwardly; and that rods 8l will slide within channels 68 during such movement.

Rods Bl are each formed with a plurality of notches 84 in their upper edges adapted to be engaged by the fingers 16. The position of the tray vMLm'ay thus be adjusted by pushing up the pin 1.5 to disengage fingers 16 from a notch 84. The tray may then be adjusted by moving the same untili'finger '16 catches in another notch 84. Fingers l6 retain the tray in adjusted position.

Thestand 12a for the chair-portion Hacomprises front. leg member'9fl and arearlegmember 9L Thefront leg member $m-maycompriseforwardlyand outwardlyinclined-legs 92 intercon-- nected by horizontal transverse brace. members. 913,. Leg-member 9'83 is pivoted to the underside of seat 50 by a hinge/iii. The :rear legmember. 91' comprises a pair oirearwardlv and outwardly inclined legs 96, and thesamemayalso beinter- The rear leg member 91 is'connected to. the underside of seatifl'by hinge 98. It. Willi now. be understood. that thele members 50', 9|, maybe, swung relative to seat 58 in a counterclockwise. direction, lookingat Fig. 4ofthe drawing. The front and. rear leg members 911', Bi areihterconnectedby. a pair ofupwardly'and forwardly. inclinedlinks I'UO'. Links)! 0131' are. pivotedrtothe. outersides o'f legs 96" as 'on: pivots Ill. I;. Said links... are pivoted'tothe innersideso'f, said'legs 92 as at pivots H12: 'Pivoted'to ihtermedittteportions.oi links HID-are brace members "13 formed with. notches'attheir under edges adapted to engage. pinslMfixedtolegsfHZl. The brace thusretains the'chair in set-up position.

The "high. chair Illais provided with a foot rest; Tothis end, there is'pivot'edito legsjliz; as. on pivots lil5,a leg rest'l 0.6; Pivotedto'the sides of leg restlfifiare-bracemembers fli'lieach formed. with a-notch on its" underside *adaptedito. engage. a'pin l08"-'on one-of the legs 92.

'It' will: now be" understood. that the; high chair. Hl'wmay be collapsedin the. manner. illustrated; in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawing,

To collapse chair l-0a; the member it? are. unhooked and 'tlie'brazces 1'03 are alsounhookedil Leg member istherrpushedupwardlyito the position shownih 'Figs. '7 andB. The side walls. 56 are released by unhoo'ki'ngthe"latchestor hooks 62 and swinging said-side walls inwardly; Pivoted tray 66 may'beswung-over to the" rear side ofthe-backk 5'2 The-back-Sl is swungztowards the -'seat 50 and= the side arms 55-" are-swung into" substantialalignment with the-back 52.

In Figs: I 1 and 1'-2 tliere-' isillustrated "achair: lllb similar to chair II] with the exception, however,"that the 'front'leg member-EBB isypivotedto the seat 50 by hinges III] which permit swinging of said leg member-"relative to said seat in -'a clockwise "direction, looking at'Fig: 'I l. Also the rear leg member 9| is pivoted toseat 5ll""by hinge Hil likewise permitting swinging movement of said rear leg member ina clbckw-isedi rection. relative-to said seam-5U! The front and inclined upwardly and rearwardly. The links I I2 are connected to the outside of the front legs 92, as on pivot pins H3, and to the inner side of the rear legs 96 as on pivots H4. Pivoted to an intermediate portion of each link H2, as on pivot H5, is a brace H6. Each brace H6 has a notch on its underside engaging a transverse pin H! on the rear leg member 9|.

In collapsing the chair 1019, the rear leg member 9! is pushed up to the position shown in Fig. 12. The back member 52 then hangs downwardly from its pivot 53, and the pivoted tray 66 likewise hangs downwardly from its pivot 35.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A collapsible baby chair having the combination of a seat, a back, side arms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position in alignment with said back, said side walls being pivoted to said arms to swing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, and means to lock said side walls to said seat when the chair is in operative condition.

2. A collapsible baby chair having the combination of a seat, a back, side arms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position in alignment with said back, said side walls being pivoted to swing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, and means to lock said side walls in operative state to said seat when the chair is in operative condition.

3. A collapsible baby chair comprising a seat, a back pivoted at its lower end to the rear end of the seat, a pair of side arms pivoted at their rear ends to the sides of the back, a pair of side walls pivoted at their upper ends to the underside of the side arms, means to releasably engage the lower ends of the side walls to the sides of the seat, said side arms being movable into the plane of the back, said back being swingable toward the seat, and said side walls being swingable inwardly to lie between the back and the seat.

4. A collapsible baby chair comprising a seat, a back pivoted at its lower end to the rear end of the seat, a pair of side arms pivoted at their rear ends to the sides of the back, a pair of side walls pivoted at their upper ends to the underside of the side arms, means to releasably engage the lower ends of the side walls to the sides of the seat, said side arms being movable into the plane of the back, said back being swingable toward the seat, said side walls being swingable inwardly to lie between the back and the seat, and a tray member having portions thereof pivoted to the back and adapted to rest on said side arms,

5. A collapsible baby chair comprising a seat, a back pivoted at its lower end to the rear end of the seat, a pair of side arms pivoted at their rear ends to the sides of the back, a pair of side walls pivoted at their upper ends to the underside of the side arms, means to releasably engage the lower ends of the side walls to the sides of the seat, said side arms being movable into the plane of the back, said back being swingable toward the seat, said side walls being swingable inwardly to lie between the back and the seat, a tray member having portions thereof pivoted to the back and adapted to rest on said side arms, said tray member comprising a pair of side members, and a tray slidably mounted on said side members, and means to retain the tray in various adjusted positions relative to said side members.

6. A collapsible baby chair having the combination of a seat, a back, side arms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position in alignment with said back, said side walls being pivoted to said arms to swing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, means to lock said side walls to said seat when the chair is in operative condition, and a tray interconnecting the front ends of said side arms.

A collapsible baby chair having the combination of a seat, a back, side arms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position in alignment with said back, said side walls being pivoted to said arms to swing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, means to lock said side walls to said seat when the chair is in operative condition, a tray interconnecting the front ends of said side arms, and a rod attached to the underside of the tray, the lower end of the rod being adapted to contact the upper side of said seat.

8. A collapsible baby chair having the combination of a seat, a back, side arms, and side walls,

said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position in alignment with said back, said side walls being pivoted to said arms to swing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, means to lock said side Walls to said seat when the chair is in operative condition, and a stand pivotally connected on said seat to support said chair.

9. A collapsible baby chair having the combination of a seat, a back, side arms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position in aligmnent with said back, said side walls being pivoted to said arms to swing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, means to lock said side walls to said seat when the chair is in operative condition, a stand to support said chair, said stand comprising a front leg member, and a rear leg member, connected by hinges at their upper ends of said seat, a link interconnecting said front and rear leg members, and a brace connected to said link, and means to lock the brace to one of said leg members. i

answer:

10. A collapsible: baloychair having. the; combination-ofv 2.1513313, aback, side arms, and side Walls, said back being pivoted to said seat fon collapsing to inoperative. state, said :side: arms being: pivoted to said back to swing. from: operative condition to a position in alignment with said back, saidside walls being'pivotedito saidsarms to swing from an operative condition to a position a'gainstsaid back when saidside arm'sare'inaligm ment with said back, means to locksaid sidewalls to" said seat when the chair is in operative condition, and a foot rest pivotally connect'edto' the front end of said seat.

11. A collapsible baby chair having the-combination of a seat, a back, sidearms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperativestate, said side arms 'being pivoted to said back toswing from operative condition to a position in alignment with said Back, said side walls being pivoted to said' arms toswing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, means to lock' said upper ends of said seat, a link interconnecting said" front and rear leg members, and a brace connected to said link, and' means to lock the brace to-one of said leg members, said'legmem-- bers'being swin'gable relativeto said seat" in'the same direction;

alignment with said back, means to lock said' sidewalls to said seat when the chair-is in operative condition, a vstand to support said chair; and a tray member having portions-thereof pivoted to the back and adapted to rest onsaid side arms and swingable over the back;

BEibU'AM-IN FELS'HER.

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